Fit, Fab by 5OH!

So another thing I have learnt in my month and a bit of exercise is the scale lies. This is not a correct measure of progress unfortunately.  We all have one and we all get on it and then curse when we don't like the number, and eat a donut or two if on a rare occasion we do... I stopped using my scale - I refused to get on it anymore as it was only lying to me I told myself, it must be broken, I am doing all this exercise and cardio and still weigh the same - it was trying to demotivate me? I decided to not measure myself by weight, instead I took a simple piece of string and put it around my thickest part (my tummy) and cut the string to size, then every Wednesday, not sure why Wednesday but that's the day, I put the string around and see the difference... it is happening gradually and I am happy with that... after all I didn't gain it all at once, how can you loose it that way. Again, I am not "dieting" I am feeding myself better foods, I am eating as m...

  So last night I got a new badge in my Fitbit Coach for 50 sessions sweated, I was so proud of myself, wow what an accomplishment, but why? You see I never needed to exercise, everyone would comment that I was already thin, or that I looked good, but slowly I wasn't liking what I saw in photos and in the mirror.  I realized I wasn't as thin as I thought I was, that maybe I should be doing something, because it seemed that once I turned 40 my metabolism thingy people talk about slowed down, maybe even packed up and left? I started to notice that I was consciously sucking it in for photos, and pushing my tongue to the roof of my mouth in photos to avoid the double chin - and I didn't like it.  This decision was all about me, I finally realized that maybe I did have a reason to get fit and be more healthy and that reason was me! I wanted this, I want to look at photos and like what I see again, I want to have arms that I want to show off and buy the sleeveless dress t...

So this is a real, down to earth mission, by a real down to earth person.  Who never exercised, who never really got fat, but who was never really healthy. I turned 46 this year, that puts me closer to 50 now than 40, I know right? A bit about me... I am going to be brutally honest, I never had to care about my body, I was slim, everyone assumed I was fit, but really I was a mess.  I was diagnosed with Lupus in 2015, I have been on medication for it and to be honest it does help.  I have a weak heart, I have a titanium button closure to close a hole in my heart, which lead to the diagnosis of Lupus.  My husband has always known I was a little weak, and did not like to "work out" or "exercise", but he always tried to encourage me.  He is an avid elliptical trainer everyday for 45 - 60 mins kind of guy.  ( I love to hate him for that lol ) We recently moved to Jamaica, lucky break, after living my whole life in the lovely but freezing Canada...